Being human
and life's little mysteries

It’s been said that the health of the spine reveals the health of a whole system. Afterall, the spine is a superhighway to the life force...

Sometimes life feels but a series of transitions. From one day to the next, from one season to another. What we often don’t see until we...

Lessons learned from the Coastal Path : a summer update Hiking, or rambling as they call it here in England, has always been a favourite...

When we’re born, we don’t realise that we are setting out on what will be an unknown, epic journey.  A life unfolds over a long time, and...

Hello Friends, We are living through extra-ordinary times. Unprecedented times. Times that maybe even will give rise to social...

entropy. dissonance. chaos. These are words we normally associate with times of tension and lack of clarity, and they may even resonate...

Ever prepare for a trip with the best intentions and the utmost care, and then, by no fault of your own, the plane, train or boat fails...

Most of us have regular opportunities to break out of our comfort zone, a chance to try something new. Whether that is waking up a little...

Richard Pilnick Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality,...

Choose any given day on a street corner in a bustling city, and you will see bodies in motion.  All around, sirens scream, motors throb,...

In my life, I have never seen a time with so much instability that appears to be so widely out of our control. According to the press,...

When you orient yourself towards something, you point yourself towards it, literally or figuratively. The Orient is an old-fashioned...

It has always fascinated me, the reasons people undergo elective surgery. It is a testament to how much weight we place on our...

Life all around us can sometimes feel like a chaotic blur. Things to do, people to meet, places to go…these out of body tasks mount up...

Let’s face it. The transition from August to September can be dramatic for some of us – full of events that remind us of that the end of...

I have come to acknowledge after many years of vagabond voyages, that travel can be stressful. Especially transatlantic air travel....

Twisting plays a vital role in maintaining the health of our bodies and minds. The twisting motion is important because it incorporates...

The following post is inspired by a dharma talk by the magnificent David Life at Wild Woodstock. When I present dinner to my son on a...

Trauma. It is a loaded word that like everything, manifests in many different ways and for different reasons. Who knows why some people...

As human beings, we spend our time on this earth inhabiting our body, yet how many of us have an idea about our body and it’s sense of...